On Monday, March 6th, 1978, Harold and Florence
Fagan, 63 and 62 respectively, were found shot to death in their home on
Dewbourne Ave., near Bathurst St. and Eglinton Ave. W. Their chauffeur
found their bodies when he came to pick up Mr. Fagan at 8:30 a.m. They
are believed to have been killed late Sunday, the 5th. They were last
known to be alive at 8 p.m. Sunday when their daughter telephoned. Harold was a well-known, well-liked entrepreneur
and concession stand owner at the Canadian National Exhibition, and
police believed the killer’s motive was robbery and that he was familiar
to the victims. The Fagans were reported to have kept $500 in their
house, and police theorized the killer thought he would find more cash.A year and a half later, the triple murder of the Airst family (see case #1 above)
brought renewed interest to the murder of the Fagans because of the
superficial similarities between the two crimes. Both sets of victims
lived in the same area (about 1.5 km apart), were well-off, and were
prominent members of Toronto’s Jewish community.